About Bear Valley Trailhead/Upper Campground
This campground is along a scenic meadow near a babbling creek where hiking along the Bear Valley National Recreation Trail is a delightful side trip. The dispersed camping area has 6 picnic tables with fire rings, hand pump for drinking water and a vault toilet. Please pack out your trash since garbage collection services are not available.
- Season: 5/15
- Managed by: USFS - Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Where: 27 mi south of Salmon, ID · 44.79257, -113.77984
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jun–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–Apr.
Fly over it in 3D, check today's weather and fire news, plan the drive and print a trip plan.
Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Valley Campground | ATV road | at camp | 0.2 mi |
| Bear Valley Lakes Nrt | Horse, Dirt bike | at camp | 5.2 mi |
| Basin Creek-High Spur 1 | Horse | 0.1 mi | 2.4 mi |
| Bear Valley Creek | ATV road | 0.1 mi | 4.6 mi |
| Kadletz Creek | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 1.5 mi | 2.4 mi |
| Basin Creek-High | Horse, Dirt bike | 1.8 mi | 5.2 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.
Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 17.1 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Bear Valley Horse Camp 0 mi
- Mcfarland Campground 10.4 mi
- Campsite · 19 mi S of Salmon 10.6 mi
- Campsite · 19 mi S of Salmon 10.7 mi
- Campsite · 19 mi S of Salmon 10.8 mi
- Colston Creek Campground 10.9 mi